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...EB: It's a very beautiful role, and the script was quite impressionistic and very touching. The part was a beautiful part for any actor to play, of my generation definitely. I didn't think I had much of a chance because I'm not American and I'm not on anybody's list. Nobody but Harmony would have cast...
...EB: The script had a reasonable structure, but working without dialogue is daunting, a real challenge. It was frightening and exciting at the same time. You don't know if you can come up with the goods, but you have to come up with the goods. It galvanizes you to be at your peak...
...EB: The most difficult and time consuming part was becoming American--I'm not gifted with accents or dialects, and I had to spend a lot of time trying to lose my Scottish accent. I also worked for six weeks in a psychiatric hospital. To begin with it was scary because I was working with people who had committed atrocious crimes-it was a high security place--but by the end of it I was fairly sad to leave...
...EB: Harmony intended the film to be an artifact, something which presents all kinds of questions that you have to ask in order to understand its value. The film stands on its own as an artifact--but it's not a conventional narrative...
Sound too idealistic? Not to Ali Erakat, an 11-year-old trooper in Operation Kestrel with a baseball cap turned backward on his head and braces on his teeth. This assertive young man happens to be the son of Sa'eb Erakat, the tough-talking Palestinian peace negotiator. Asked how he felt about meeting and working with Israeli kids, the younger Erakat replied, "I feel happy if they feel happy. None of us want the birds to be in danger. Things like this help us to make peace between kids." Even his cagey old father would have to smile...